Logo of Violet Film Fest

Deadline
09 Jun 2023


Published: 09 Mar 2023
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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Violet Film Fest

Bogotá D.C., Colombia


Violeta Film Fest (VFF) is an international film festival "For the reduction of gaps, inclusion, diversity and sorority", aims to make visible women, men, LGBTIQ+ people who generate film productions and organizations that in their programs develop actions for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and document these actions with film productions. Films that lead to the transformation of society from 4 categories: Cinema Made by Women, Cinema made by Men for Women & Elles, Cinema Made by Elles, Cinema made by organizations in action for equity, diversity and inclusion.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Experimental



 
Logo of Fusagasugá International Film Festival - Woman and Territory

Deadline
01 Sep 2023


Published: 09 Mar 2023
 Has submission fees
Feature films

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Fusagasugá International Film Festival - Woman and Territory

Fusagasugá, Colombia


Fusagasugá International Film Festival (FICFUSA) aims to bring the residents of Fusagasugá and the Sumapaz region new screens, points of view and cinematographic work of high quality to promote a critical thinking around the problems and issues experienced by women. In the short term, we aim to become an international platform for gender and women thematic films, attracting producers, directors, and distributors interested in these subjects.


International Festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary



 
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Deadline
23 May 2023


Published: 08 Mar 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films


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MOVING BODY festival

Varna, Bulgaria


Mission
The mission of the Moving Body Platform is dedicated to connecting artists and audiences through art that shares a strong choreographic sensibility. How do we move? What makes us move? Towards what are we moving? How do we move from an individual towards a collective body shaping the future of history? How do we move in times of Catastrophe? These are the issues that underline any program selection.
For more info visit our website:
www.movingbody.bg

MB#8 | Critical moves | Screenings| Open call 2023
THE WAY WE MOVE MATTERS

Critical Moves Screenings is an international competition program in the frame of the Moving Body Festival with a focus on short screen dance films.

We witness more and more evidence of climate challenges, inequality issues around the globe, and a huge polarization between individuals and nations. These diverse illnesses are interconnected and together they are creating unpredictable dynamics.

It looks like there isn’t an easy exit, neither a safe return nor a new normality. We need to learn how to navigate our lives through uncertainty and remind ourselves that challenging times are also occasions of real possibilities and major opportunities.

With our Open Call, we would like to hear your strong critical voice!

The temporary collective body that we form every year has an increasingly powerful charge of energy. It seeks, provokes, quests around, and wants to see, speak and hear. It maps the routes along which artists and audiences move through art with strong conceptual and choreographic sensibility. The edition unfolds in a rich program that hides entrances and exits to a variety of contexts and topics which meets us with works in process, research residencies, artistic practices, performances, lectures and talks, screenings, and party situations.

We perceive the critical areas that we will offer to your attention as a rich full territory in which to explore, to stand and observe, to provoke, to stand up and insist that it is important - How do we move? What makes us move? Towards what are we moving? How do we move from an individual towards a collective body shaping the future of history? How do we move in times of Catastrophe?
Welcome to edition number 8ht!

Focus

We are searching for short films which represent experiments in video art mediums, and dance with strong choreographic sensibility and original concepts. Films that explore new audiovisual lines and challenge the viewer’s perspective are very welcome to submit. The category is open to a wide range of genres, with a priority on experimental, but also narrative, social, and documentary.
We are curious to receive:

- films that are tapping into Moving Body’s platform core questions;
- films with sharp and clear concepts;
- innovative and provocative video art works that push the boundaries of the film medium;
films related to dance, choreography, or movement;
- films between 1 - 15 min.;
- films not older than 2 years;
- films not submitted to previous Moving Body editions;
- max. 2 submissions per filmmaker

We are not interested to receive:

- trailers;
- recordings of performances;
- commercials.

A film will be considered by the festival's selection committee once the online form has been filled out and the selection screener link has been sent, before the 23rd of May 2023.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Other



 
Logo of Festival International De Cinéma Et De Mémoire Commune – Nador, Maroc

Deadline
22 Oct 2023


Published: 08 Mar 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Festival International De Cinéma Et De Mémoire Commune – Nador, Maroc

Meknès, Morocco


The Center for Common Memory for Democracy and Peace, a national association that campaigns for universal human values and defends human rights, including the right to "a dignified life to the end", cannot remain insensitive to the current debate on the environment and the search by international community for practical solutions to curb its worrying deterioration.

While the right to life is an irreversible achievement, the emergence of the fourth generation of rights associates human well-being with "a healthy life in a healthy environment". So any degradation of the environment means a degradation of the quality of life.

The theme of "The Memory of the sky and the ground", chosen as the unifying theme of the 13th edition of the International Festival of Cinema and Shared Memory, to be held in Nador from 5 to 11 october 2024, is part of efforts to raise awareness, through art in general and cinema in particular, of a devastating scourge that threatens humanity.

The festival organizing committee is therefore calling for:

1- Documentary films that tackle issues such as:
- The ravages of global warming
- The destruction of biodiversity and ecosystems
- The depletion of natural resources
- The consequences of deforestation
- Water and air pollution
- Disasters caused by industrial activities
- The damaging effects of excessive industrialization
- Over-exploitation of natural resources

2- Short and feature films which, without being subject to the unifying theme of the edition:
- Tackle memory or human rights;
- Deal with human causes using new approaches;
- Propose new themes with a modern vision.


International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary



 
Logo of SITGES - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia

Deadline
17 Jul 2023


Published: 08 Mar 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films

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SITGES - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia

Sitges, Spain


The SITGES - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia is a specialized, competitive fantastic genre Festival in accordance with the regulations established by the FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Associations). The Festival has also been declared a “Qualified Festival” by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences® in the United States. This means that those shorts winning the awards for “Best Short Film” in the Official Fantàstic Selection and “Best Short Film” in the Anima’t category will automatically be taken into consideration by the Hollywood Academy Awards® selection committee.


OSCAR!

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of FECISO - Social Films International Festival (Castilla-la Mancha)

Deadline
20 May 2023


Published: 08 Mar 2023
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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FECISO - Social Films International Festival (Castilla-la Mancha)

Torrijos, Spain


Aware of the importance of audiovisual media in Spanish society today and, trying to make them both a comunication and education media, to promote values of solidarity and tolerance, the International Social Film Festival of Castilla-La Mancha was born and it will be held in Toledo, It will continue in Toledo, Torrijos, Cuenca, Olías del Rey...

In this Festival are invited to take part to public and private entities that share the same concerns.

The Festival consists of several sections, including a contest of short and documentaries, social issues include: xenophobia, generational conflict, child labor, domestic violence, social roles, ecology, children's rights, coexistence, etc.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Fantastic  Terror  Other



 
Logo of INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS -COLOMBIA

Deadline
30 Apr 2023


Published: 08 Mar 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS -COLOMBIA

Bogotá, Colombia


Since 2013, the International Film Festival for Human Rights Colombia offers attendees an audiovisual, cultural and academic program that contributes to the formation of audiences, the strengthening of film and cultural industries, the creation of spaces for dialogue around life, reconciliation, the promotion and defense of human rights, and the construction of ideas for peace.

The Festival is the ideal setting for the film community of Colombia and the world that bets on audiovisual narration with a focus on human rights, which is why it becomes the main platform for the promotion, circulation, distribution and exhibition of audiovisual works whose demand is limited due to their non-commercial subject matter.

The Festival is being held simultaneously in the cities of Barranquilla, Medellin, Cali, Bogota, Soacha, Cartagena, Manizales, Pereira and Villavicencio, and in about 10 municipalities in the country, organized by Fundación Impulsos.


International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation



 
Logo of SECiNDI Festival of Inclusive Cinema and Disability

Deadline
07 Aug 2023


Published: 08 Mar 2023
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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SECiNDI Festival of Inclusive Cinema and Disability

Mérida, Spain


SECINDI Inclusive Film Festival and Diversity

The objective of SECINDI with this Short Film Competition, included in the Inclusive Film and Diversity Festival, is to encourage and reward the best national and international short films to give visibility to films whose theme is linked in some way with functional diversity and inclusion to make them accessible to all people.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation



 
Logo of Syncro Film Fest

Deadline
01 Apr 2023


Published: 07 Mar 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films


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Syncro Film Fest

Buenos Aires, Argentina


Syncro is a national and international short film festival that seeks to position and make the short film format visible. The festival proposes a new way of looking at short films, programming each film in an individual screening. We firmly believe that the short film is not a minor format or an opportunity to learn how to make movies. On the contrary, it is cinema in its maximum and most compact expression.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Experimental



 
Logo of Short Film Competition of the Film and Wine Festival Ciudad de la Solana

Deadline
01 Jun 2023


Published: 07 Mar 2023
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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Short Film Competition of the Film and Wine Festival Ciudad de la Solana

La Solana , Spain


20th FILM AND WINE FESTIVAL "CITY OF LA SOLANA 2024".


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Animation



 
Logo of Festival Iberico de Cine de Badajoz

Deadline
05 May 2023


Published: 07 Mar 2023
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films

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Festival Iberico de Cine de Badajoz

Badajoz, Spain


Only for films produced in Spain or Portugal


GOYA!

International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Animation



 
Logo of La Semilla - AgroFilm Festival

Deadline
15 Jul 2023


Published: 07 Mar 2023
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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La Semilla - AgroFilm Festival

EL EJIDO, Spain


Aware of the importance of audiovisual media in the current society, La Huerta de Europa association in collaboration with the media outlet agrodifusión create The 1st “La Semilla” AgroFilm Festival.


Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of SunChild International Environmental Festival

Deadline
31 May 2023


Published: 07 Mar 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films

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SunChild International Environmental Festival

Yerevan, Armenia


The SunChild 12th International Environmental Festival will take place from the 13th to the 18th of October 2023, screening over 40 newest best environmental films from all around the world. On a planet that faces complex issues that threaten to tear us apart, we hope to provide a platform to find the connection to sustain life․ SunChild IEF is a celebration of nature, creating space for people to come together, learn and create solutions.

About the Festival

SunChild International Environmental Festival, established by the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (FPWC), is the first and the only environmental festival in the South Caucasus region. More than 780 films from 150 countries of the world were screened over the last 15 years of existence. The film festival includes various activities such as carnival marches, dozens of workshops, conferences, and exhibitions. Besides being rich in content, all events are eye-catching due to their colorful and unique approaches. The festival travels in the regions of Armenia throughout the whole year, involving a large number of children and youth, facilitating identification and creative solutions to community environmental issues by organizing thematic film screenings, discussions, and other initiatives, and encouraging and supporting taking action locally. The festival aims to bring nature, wildlife, and the environment into the focus of public attention and increase knowledge about issues among citizens and especially among children and youth.

Theme: Biodiversity: The Fabric of Life

Each year SunChild IEF highlights different environmental topics to raise awareness and become a platform for discussion. For the 12th edition of the festival, we chose Biodiversity Conservation as a central theme, and all our events will any way or another unveil the complex nature of biodiversity conservation challenges in Armenia, the South Caucasus Region, and the world. Biodiversity is the rich tapestry of life on Earth, a canvas of diverse forms and colors. Conserving it is crucial for maintaining the balance and stability of our ecosystems. But this tapestry is under threat by habitat destruction, pollution, over-exploitation, and climate change. Our responsibility is to protect vulnerable species, and habitats, and implement sustainable practices. By raising awareness, we can ensure this tapestry remains vibrant for future generations.

SunChild 12th International Environmental Festival has 4 nominations

• Feature-length Documentaries about Biodiversity Conservation

This program is dedicated to promoting public awareness of Biodiversity Conservation stories, issues, and challenges in the world. Conserving Biodiversity is crucial for maintaining the balance and stability of our ecosystems. Our responsibility is to protect vulnerable species, and habitats, and implement sustainable practices.

Documentaries released after the 30th of July, 2022 are welcome to be submitted for this competition.

The film may run between 60 minutes and 3 hours. To have a longer film considered, please contact SunChild IEF.

• Short Films about Biodiversity conservation

This program is dedicated to promoting public awareness of Biodiversity Conservation stories, issues, and challenges in the world.
Short films of any genre released after the 30th of July, 2022 are welcome to be submitted for this competition. The film may be 5-45 minutes in length.

• Youth and Children about Environmental Conservation

Films about environmental issues made by children and youth, released after January 1, 2022. Age range: 10-25 years.

• John Burton Conservation Award: Films about Young Conservationists

Films about Young Conservationists from all around the world.
Named after conservationist John Burton, this award will spotlight films about nature conservation with a strong directorial vision.
With this award, SunChild IEF wants to honor the memory of John Burton, who died in May 2022.
The award will be granted to the best conservation films about young individuals, who strive to make a change in the world. John Burton was a revolutionary, visionary, and inspirational conservationist whose creative thinking saved over 300,000 hectares of threatened habitat from damaging development. He challenged the usual approaches to preserving wild creatures and their habitats. Sir David Attenborough described him as “a truly wonderful man, more altruistic, more energetic, braver and more original than almost anyone I have known.”

Films released after the 1st of January, 2022 are welcome to be submitted for this competition.

And Non-Competition Films’ Section for the Educational/Informational program.

In this Non-Competition Program, we welcome films about environmental issues and challenges from all around the world.

Films of any genre released after the 1st of January, 2022 are welcome to be submitted for this competition.

The film may run between 60 minutes and 3 hours. To have a longer film considered, please contact SunChild IEF.


International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of BIFED - Bozcaada International Festival Of Ecological Documentary

Deadline
30 Apr 2023


Published: 07 Mar 2023
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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BIFED - Bozcaada International Festival Of Ecological Documentary

Bozcaada, Turkey


We organize this festival in order to create a new reason to produce and introduce films and any other work of art that concentrate on the world’s problems and riches, and to pioneer the creation of a free platform and reward these works. We live in an era where too much information, and input that cannot be considered as information flow at a disconcertingly rapid pace in every plausible channel. We organize this festival so that we could all seek what is more local and smaller, and more importantly the one that is true and genuine together.

The ecological problems are increasing and becoming more and more varied; however, we also witness hope-inspiring developments. We organize this festival in order to create a platform that nurtures this hope. We hope that through our festival, the residents of Bozcaada, farmers, producers, scientists, artists, and all our guests will be informed about the current technological developments, environmental disasters and innovations, the most recent documentary techniques and also about each other’s existence. We hope that our festival will contribute to nurture solidarity.


International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Documentary



 
Logo of DONOSSKINO: Donostiako Film Laburren Festibala | Festival de cortometrajes de San Sebastián

Deadline
15 Jun 2023


Published: 07 Mar 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films

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DONOSSKINO: Donostiako Film Laburren Festibala | Festival de cortometrajes de San Sebastián

Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain


DONOSSKINO Short Film Festival Vol.VIII

Festival will be held in Donostia / San Sebastian in October 2024.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction



 
Logo of 22º Festival Internacional de cine de Terror y Gore de Alicante 2024

Deadline
10 Dec 2023


Published: 07 Mar 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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22º Festival Internacional de cine de Terror y Gore de Alicante 2024

Alicante, Spain


International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror



 
Logo of Chulpicine Film Festival for Children and Youth

Deadline
15 Jul 2023


Published: 07 Mar 2023
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Chulpicine Film Festival for Children and Youth

Quito, Ecuador


Chulpicine began its work in 2002 with the first ever Itinerant Children & Youth Film Festival in Quito. The warm welcome that the project received allowed the festival to become an annual event during the months of July to September, bringing an educational and entertaining event at no cost, to sectors with few cultural activities.

Thanks to the positive reaction, Chulpicine became a cultural and educational non-profit foundation in June 2004. After more than 10 years of experience, Chulpicine have reach a stable proposal and working methodology that has spread at national level. The Festival has promoted the creation of coaching staff; cultural managers working in different communities; and a large group of followers.

Chulpicine has designed a set of activities and workshops for institutions, community organizations or outreach workers to educate and train in different areas related to cinema, audiovisual, communication and Internet used as social intervention tools. These activities and workshops have been the beginning of a formation of learning communities by harnessing the capabilities of young people, as well as the setting up of an active and engaged network of social facilitators through the film and audiovisual work.

The Foundation carries out the following program lines: training; intervention; appropriation of public spaces; diffusion and production. This line of work is an alternative to foster community networks to develop communication skills, analysis and reflection in the various stakeholders of the community, thereby strengthening its organizational and self-development skills.

The foundation has a multidisciplinary team currently working on the projects. These people are responsible for different areas: there is a psychologist, a producer, a programmer, a communicator and an accountant.

In addition, every year about 12 people are hired to assist in the implementation of activities. This group is made up of people who have worked in the past in the festival and some new young people that wish to join the group. Also, each year we have the support of volunteers from different organizations.


International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of Valdivia International Film Festival

Deadline
21 Apr 2023


Published: 07 Mar 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films

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Valdivia International Film Festival

Valdivia, Chile


INTRODUCTION

Valdivia International Film Festival showcases Chilean and international cinema in four competitive categories: Feature Competition, Youth Feature Competition, Latin American and Caribbean Short Film Competition, Latin American and Caribbean Children’s Short Film Competition and the new Chilean Short Film Competition for Film Students. Its non-competitive program includes historical retrospectives, contemporary filmmakers’ retrospectives, political cinema, avant-garde cinema, genre, and a children-family oriented cinema slot.

1.- OBJECTIVES
The festival aims to offer Chilean and foreign filmmakers a place to screen and to compete, and by doing so, promoting national and international film works of artistic quality.

2. DATES
The festival will be held from October 14th to 20th, 2024, in Valdivia, Chile.


HIGHLIGHTED!

International Festival

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Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Experimental



 
Logo of Festival de Géneros Fantásticos Fancine Film Festival - FXFFF

Deadline
22 May 2023


Published: 07 Mar 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films


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Festival de Géneros Fantásticos Fancine Film Festival - FXFFF

Monforte de Lemos, Spain


FanCine de Lemos, Fantastic Film Festival.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Animation  Fantastic  Terror



 

THE SHORT FILM’S LONG REACH

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Published: 06 Mar 2023


There has been a recurring debate about short films for years at festivals, professional meetings, round tables, markets, etc. It would be summarized in this question: why does the short film not receive the same recognition as the feature film? The problem with this question (most commonly asked by distributors, but not exclusively by them at all) is that it does not clarify what recognition it is talking about or who would have to carry it out. That is, it does not clarify to whom the question is addressed, so it is impossible to answer.

If we talk about short films as cinematographic works, we must remember that some of the great masters in the history of cinema have delivered great works in short format (Godard, Malle, Varda, Marker, Garrel ...). As a work of art, short film is already recognized throughout the world. But is it as an industrial product?

Following the logic of capitalism, a short film can never produce the same profit as a feature film (in fact, it is unusual for a short film to generate a profit), whether its budget is very large or very small, so as an industrial product it will never have the same recognition as a feature film, naturally, and it would be rather healthy to understand that these two perspectives are complementary and do not exclude one another.


 


 
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